Netflix’s Most Watched Series and Movies Ever

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Over the years, Netflix has released some gigantic hits! Thanks to the top 10 data, here’s your guide to all of the biggest and most-watched movies, series, and live events on Netflix of all time!

To measure its biggest hits, Netflix uses hours watched and completed-viewing equivalents (CVEs, for short). These viewing hours are derived from Netflix’s global subscriber base, and CVE calculates the show’s or movie’s runtime by dividing the total viewing time by the number of hours watched. It’s not perfect, but it’s substantially better than what other streamers provide.

Before Netflix switched its hourly figures, it used the number of households that watched within the first 28 days. While these numbers are difficult to compare with the list below, we have maintained a record of all the old Netflix viewership statistics here. Those numbers are correct up through October 2021, when Netflix switched.

Below, we’ve compiled a complete list of all titles in the top 10 since mid-2021. This provides a comprehensive list of older 28-day hourly statistics and Netflix’s newer 91-day statistics, which we’ve divided into separate categories.

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Most-Watched English Language Series of All Time

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New 91-Day List

Note: Listed by completed viewing equivalent

Wednesday (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours Watched: 1,718,800,000
- Views: 252,100,000
Adolescence (Limited Series – 2025)
- Hours: 546,500,000
- Views: 142,600,000
Stranger Things (Season 4 – 2022)
- Hours: 1,838,000,000
- Views: 140,700,000
Stranger Things 5 (2025)
- Hours: 1,391,300,000
- Views: 133,800,000
Wednesday (Season 2 – 2025)
DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 1,031,100,000
- Views: 115,600,000
Bridgerton (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 929,300,000
- Views: 113,300,000
The Queen’s Gambit (Limited Series – 2020)
- Hours: 746,400,000
- Views: 112,800,000
Bridgerton (Season 3 – 2024)
- Hours: 846,500,000
- Views: 106,000,000
HIS & HERS (Limited Series – 2026)
- Hours: 428,900,000
- Views: 98,200,000

Previously in the all-time top 10:

The Night Agent (Season 1 – 2023)
- Hours: 803,200,000
- Views: 98,200,000
Fool Me Once (Limited Series – 2024)
- Hours: 629,800,000
- Views: 98,200,000
Stranger Things (Season 3 – 2019)
- Hours: 716,100,000
- Views: 94,800,000
Bridgerton (Season 2 – 2022)
- Hours: 797,200,000
- Views: 93,800,000
Baby Reindeer: Limited Series
- Hours: 335,200,000
- Views: 84,500,000
The Witcher (Season 1 – 2019)
- Hours: 663,600,000
- Views: 83,000,000
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Limited Series – 2023)
- Hours: 526,800,000
- Views: 81,300,000
The Watcher (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 447,100,000
- Views: 79,600,000

Most Watched English Language Movies of All Time

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New 91-Day List

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
- Hours: 541,800,000
- Views: 325,100,000
Red Notice (2021)
- Hours Viewed: 454,200,000
- Views: 230,900,000
Carry-On (2024)
- Hours: 344,100,000
- Views: 172,100,000
Don’t Look Up (2021)
- Hours: 408,600,000
- Views: 171,400,000
The Adam Project (2022)
- Hours: 281,000,000
- Views: 157,600,000
Bird Box (2018)
- Hours: 325,300,000
- Views: 157,400,000
Back in Action (2025)
- Hours: 279,700,000
- Views 147,200,000
Leave the World Behind (2023)
- Hours: 339,300,000
- Views: 143,400,000
The Gray Man (2022)
- Hours: 299,500,000
- Views: 139,300,000
Damsel (2024)
- Hours: 253,000,000
- Views: 138,000,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

We Can Be Heroes (2020)
- Hours: 231,200,000
- Views: 137,300,000
The Mother (2023)
- Hours: 265,900,000
- Views: 136,400,000
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
- Hours: 320,300,000
- Views: 136,300,000
Extraction (2020)
- Hours: 266,900,000
- Views: 135,700,000
Extraction 2 (2023)
- Hours: 278,700,000
- Views: 134,900,000
Spenser Confidential (2020)
- Hours: 238,900,000
- Views: 129,100,000

Most-Watched Non-English Language Series of All Time

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New 91-Day List

Squid Game (Season 1 – 2021)
- Hours Viewed: 2,205,200,000
- Views: 265,200,000
Squid Game (Season 2 – 2024)
- Hours: 1,380,100,000
- Views: 192,600,000
Squid Game (Season 3 – 2025)
- Hours: 894,300,000
- Views: 145,800,000
Money Heist (Part 4 – 2020)
- Hours: 710,200,000
- Views: 106,000,000
Lupin (Part 1 – 2021)
- Hours: 396,300,000
- Views: 99,500,000
Money Heist (Part 5 – 2021)
- Hours: 900,700,000
- Views: 99,200,000
Money Heist (Part 3 – 2019)
- Hours: 519,800,000
- Views: 80,000,000
La Palma (Limited Series – 2024)
1. Hours: 215,700,000
2. Views: 70,300,000
Lupin (Part 2 – 2021)
- Hours: 258,900,000
- Views: 68,400,000
Who Killed Sara? (Season 1 – 2021)
- Hours: 392,400,000
- Views: 58,400,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

Berlin (Season 1 – 2023)
- Hours: 372,600,000
- Views: 56,700,000
All of Us Are Dead (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 679,300,000
- Views: 55,500,000
Dear Child (Limited Series – 2023)
- Hours: 245,400,000
- Views: 50,900,000
Elite (Season 3 – 2020)
- Hours: 334,800,000
- Views: 50,000,000
Elite (Season 4 – 2021)
- Hours: 302,200,000
- Views: 46,300,000

Most Watched Non-English Language Movies of All Time

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New 91-Day List

Troll (2022)
- Hours Watched: 178,600,000
- Views: 103,000,000
Under Paris (2024)
- Hours: 177,300,000
- Views: 102,300,000
Society of the Snow (2024)
- Hours: 239,700,000
- Views: 98,500,000
Exterritorial (2025)
- Hours: 166,500,000
- Views: 91,700,000
The Great Flood (2025)
- Hours: 157,300,000
- Views: 86,600,000
Nowhere (2023)
- Hours: 155,600,000
- Views: 85,700,000
The Platform (2020)
- Hours: 138,700,000
- Views: 82,800,000
Counterattack (2025)
- Hours: 94,800,000
- Views: 66,900,000
Ad Vitam (2025)
- Hours: 103,000,000
- Views: 63,100,000
Brick (2025)
- Hours: 104,000,000
- Views: 61,800,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

Through My Window (2022)
- Hours: 116,000,000
- Views: 61,100,000
AKA (2023)
- Hours: 125,900,000
- Views: 60,900,000
Blood Red Sky (2021)
- Hours: 124,800,000
- Views: 60,900,000
My Name Is Vendetta (2022)
- Hours: 86,500,000
- Views: 56,400,000

Black Crab (2022)
- Hours: 103,300,000
- Views: 53,900,000
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
- Hours: 129,400,000
- Views: 52,100,000
Below Zero (2021)
- Hours: 86,700,000
- Views: 48,600,000
Loving Adults (2022)
- Hours: 83,600,000
- Views: 47,300,000

Most Watched Live Event of All Time

Note: This uses data from the Netflix Engagement Reports and the half-year data in which each title was released, or if that data isn’t yet available, the first week top 10 data. Excludes WWE. Still waiting for data for the 2025 Netflix NFL Games.

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Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)
- Hours: 235,700,000 (Second Half of 2024)
- Views: 48,900,000
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)
- Hours: 36,200,000 (H1- 2023)
- Views: 31,000,000
The Roast of Tom Brady (2024)
- Hours: 68,700,000 (H1- 2024)
- Views: 22,400,000
Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford (2025)
- Hours: 69,600,000 (September 8 – 14, 2025)
- Views: 17,700,000
Christmas Gameday: Ravens vs. Texans (2024)
Christmas Gameday: Chiefs vs. Steelers (2024)
- Hours: 41,200,000 (H2 – 2024)
- Views: 14,300,000
Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings (2025)
- Hours: 30,900,000 (H2 -2025)
- Views: 12,800,000
Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders (2025)
- Hours: 23,800,000
- Views: 10,100,000
Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua (2025)
- Hours: 35,300,000
- Views: 10,900,000
Katt Williams: Woke Foke (2024)
- Hours: 10,600,000 (H1 – 2024)
- Views: 10,300,000

Previously, in the All-Time Most Watched List

Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (2024)
- Hours: 8,300,000 (H2 – 2024)
- Views: 7,400,000
Pop the Balloon LIVE: Get It Poppin’ (2025)
- Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 – 2025)
- Views: 3,400,000
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 (2025)
- Hours: 9,400,000 (July 6th, 2025 to July 13th, 2025)
- Views: 2,800,000
Netflix Tudum 2025
- Hours: 4,200,000 (H1 – 2025)
- Views: 2,200,000
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney: Should I Lend People Money? (2025)
- Hours: 1,500,000 (H1 – 2025)
- Views: 1,600,00
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024)
- Hours: 1,400,000 (H2 -2024)
- Views: 1,200,000
The Netflix Slam (2024)
- Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 -2024)
- Views: 1,000,000
Dinner Time Live with David Chang + Holiday Edition (2024)
- Hours: 11,800,000 (2024 Combined – As It Crossed Multiple Months)
- Views: 700,000
The Netflix Cup (2023)
- Hours: 1,700,000 (H2 -2023)
- Views: 700,000

For more on the Netflix top 10s and to search all the titles with hourly data stats released, check out our search tool here.

This post will be updated over time to reflect additions to the top 10s. What’s been your favorite movie or series listed above? Let us know in the comments below.